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== Overview: What's a Layout Image? === |
== Overview: What's a Layout Image? === |
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A Layout Image contains the final version of your selected pattern pieces as they appear in Details Mode. It does not include internal hatch marks, points, or point labels.<br/> |
A Layout Image contains the final version of your selected pattern pieces as they appear in Details Mode. It does not include internal hatch marks, points, or point labels.<br/> |
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FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE you select a background size for the Layout Image from pre-defined sheet paper, roll paper, or you can create a custom size.<br/> |
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The background size is NOT USUALLY the paper size in your printer's paper tray.<br/> |
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The 'paper size' is whatever paper has a width larger than your largest pattern piece, and where width x length can hold all your pattern pieces.<br/> |
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The background size must be able to contain your largest pattern piece. If the paper size isn't long enough to contain all your pattern pieces, then the Layout Image will contain multiple sheets to hold all pattern pieces. |
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If the background size is larger than your printer paper, then you can print or save it as a tiled PDF. |
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Single sheet Layout Images can be saved and printed '''as Tiled PDF''' to paper sheets which are '''smaller than''' the Layout Image background size.<br/> |
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Single and multisheet Layout Images can be printed to paper sheets or roll papers which are '''equal to or larger than''' the Layout Image background size.<br/> |
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A Layout Image can be printed: |
A Layout Image can be printed: |
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* directly from Valentina<br/> |
* directly from Valentina<br/> |
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* to a single sheet of paper if the paper is large enough to hold the Layout image<br/> |
* to a single sheet of paper if the paper is large enough to hold the Layout image<br/> |
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* across multiple sheets of paper |
* across multiple sheets of paper: <br/> |
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** if the single sheet Layout Image is larger than your printer's paper (for tiled PDFs) |
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** The Layout Image is created across multiple sheets, because the paper size can contain the largest pattern piece but can't contain all pattern pieces.<br/> |
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** if the multisheet Layout Image is equal to or smaller than your printer paper |
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== Create a Layout Image == |
== Create a Layout Image == |
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=== Review Dialog options === |
=== Review Dialog options === |
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Select your printer to reserve the correct border widths for printer margins |
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Select 'Unite pages if possible' to convert multisheet Layout |
Select '''Unite pages if possible''' to convert a multisheet Layout Image into a single sheet Layout Image. |
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Select 'Autocrop unused length' to reduce blank |
Select '''Autocrop unused length''' to reduce blank space in tiled PDFs. |
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ut Image as a tiled PDF, and your Layout Image is generated across multiple sheets as shown in the righthand column of Layout Mode, then check the dialog option box to <br/> |
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If there is extra room at the bottom of your Layout Image as shown in the righthand column of Layout Mode, then you can check the dialog option box to 'Autocrop unused length'. |
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== Print a Layout Image== |
== Print a Layout Image== |
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If your single or multisheet Layout Image size matches your printer paper: Select '''File/Layout/Print''' |
If your single or multisheet Layout Image size matches (or is smaller than) your printer paper: Select '''File/Layout/Print''' |
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If your single sheet Layout Image size is too big for your printer paper: Select '''File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF''' (not for multisheet Layout Images) |
If your single sheet Layout Image size is too big for your printer paper: Select '''File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF''' (not for multisheet Layout Images) |
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